English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
Angel Santiesteban-Prats. Military Prison, Jaimanitas. Just reported from Havana, that this afternoon Angel has called a relative and has said he was arrested for not having signed the Probation (order) last week and because there is a new accusation upon him. As we do not have the details, we will wait until he can tell … Continue reading “#Cuba SOS: Angel Santiesteban Arrested Again (Updated)”
A few minutes ago I received a call from a relative of Angel Santiesteban-Prats to inform me that at noon Angel was arrested again. Upon contact with his family, they still did not know why he was arrested and what he is accused of. He said he would call later in the afternoon and still … Continue reading “SOS: Angel Santiesteban Arrested”
A few minutes ago I received a call from a relative of Angel Santiesteban-Prats to inform me that at noon Angel was arrested again. Upon contact with his family, they still did not know why he was arrested and what he is accused of. He said he would call later in the afternoon and still … Continue reading “SOS: Angel Santiesteban Arrested”
“I traded one cell for a slightly roomier prison, because I continue to think that this island is a prison.” Elisa Tabakman (Blog Editor), 6 November 2015 — Angel Santiesteban-Prats was arrested on November 4, suspiciously, after reporting the previous day that the political prisoner Lamberto Henández Planas died in Combinado del Este Prison as … Continue reading “Angel Santiesteban Explains What Happened During His Arbitrary Detention”
14ymedio, Havana, 5 November 2015 — The writer Angel Santiesteban was released Thursday after appearing before the Provincial Court of Havana. The journalist had been arrested yesterday afternoon, accused by his ex-wife of the supposed crime of “violation of domicile,” the same charge he was convicted of 2012. “We were going to revoke your probation, but … Continue reading “Writer Angel Santiesteban is Released / 14ymedio”
14ymedio, Havana, 4 November 2015 — The writer Angel Santiesteban was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Havana. A police car drove the activist from Antonio Gonzalez Rodiles’s house, where he was, to a police station, according to Santiesteban himself who spoke to this newspaper at the time of his arrest. After the arrest, the blogger Lia … Continue reading “Writer Angel Santiesteban Arrested Again / 14ymedio”
We still don’t know why he had been detained for 24 hours. He will explain shortly and we’ll offer more details. Ángel’s Editor Translated by: Rafael 5 November 2015
Angel Santiesteban, Havana, 26 September 2015 — Rolando never wanted wealth, depending on the point of view you look at it from, because wishing for blue jeans, a good pair of sneakers and some brand name t-shirts, carries an extra sacrifice above and beyond the daily one. It is going beyond, through “ambition,” the possibilities, … Continue reading “Any Life in Havana / Angel Santiesteban”
Danilo (El Sexto) painting one of the piglets for his planned performance. Angel Santiesteban-Prats, Havana, 21 September 2015 — Today, Monday, September 21, makes 13 days since he has been on a hunger strike inside a solitary confinement and punishment cell. Separated from his family and from all human companionship, for the act and right … Continue reading “#PapaEnCuba [Pope in Cuba]: A Shout for Danilo Maldonado (El Sexto) / Angel Santiesteban”
The Inverted Pyramid Ángel Santiesteban-Prats, Havana, 17 September 2015 — It always irritates me that it is accepted, ironically, for the Cuban dictatorship to ply its totalitarian propaganda and be visible in foreign countries, via the media and its “solidarity”committees, when not even Cubans themselves in their own country are not allowed to claim freedom … Continue reading “The Pope, So as Not to Say Anything, Said Nothing / Angel Santiesteban”
Photo taken from the internet Open letter to John Kerry: “Isn’t it time for all Cuban voices to be heard?” Published Thursday, August 13, 2015. On Friday August 14, 2015, Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Cuba to strengthen the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries. He is the first U.S. Secretary … Continue reading “Reporters Without Borders to John Kerry: Isn’t it time for all Cuban voices to be heard? / Angel Santiesteban”
Disoriented in time like all ex-prisoners, Ángel Santiesteban brings with him a thousand prison demons. Interview with Ángel Santiesteban after his conditional release – Cuba 2015. Havana, Cuba, Augusto César San Martín — The writer Ángel Santiesteban Prats suffers with every word he writes. “I classify my work as social,” he declares in an interview … Continue reading “Angel Santiesteban: Most of our people pretend”
14ymedio, Lilianne Ruiz, 24 July 2015 – In the Border Guard facility where Angel Santiesteban spent his last year in prison, he heard the sound of the sea. Inside his less than nine by twelve foot cell, when there was a storm the writer could feel the pounding of the waves. A sound that also … Continue reading ““They forced me not to dream”: Interview with Angel Santiesteban / 14ymedio, Lilianne Ruiz”
Photo: Courtesy of Angel Moya Angel Santiesteban attended the Ladies in White march today, 19 July 2015, just 36 hours after have been paroled from prison and despite warnings from officials from the political police. 19 July 2015
Luis Felipe Rojas, 18 July 2015 — In the early evening of this Friday, 17 July, the Cuban writer Angel Santiesteban-Prats was released from prison. The news raced from the editor of his blog, the Argentinian Elisa Tabakman. Elisa sent messages to Santiesteban’s friends immediately. “I was released on parole, which they had denied me … Continue reading “Writer Angel Santiesteban-Prats Released from Prison / Luis Felipe Rojas”
